[justmichael]

Around seventy New People's Army guerrillas attacked a United Church of Christ service on the morning of Sunday, June 25, 1989, at a chapel in Sitio Rano, Barangay Binaton, then within the municipality of Digos, Davao del Sur, southern Philippines. After opening fire on the congregation, they shot at nearby homes where women and children had sought refuge. The attack killed thirty-nine people, including twenty-two children, ten women and seven men. The victims included a two-month-old infant and a pregnant woman. Elder Clemente Ayap and Abadya Ayap were among those beheaded.

The congregation consisted of recent converts from the Bagobo-Tagabawa people. Before the attack, the community had joined the anti-communist vigilante group Ituman and declined to pay revolutionary taxes demanded by the NPA. Within two days, the NPA's Southern Mindanao command took responsibility and apologized, but said armed men among the worshippers had fired first. Nobody has ever been prosecuted. The killings are commonly known as the Digos massacre, and are also sometimes called the Rano massacre.

[butterfly]

very sad :( but a great post with info hun :)

[Pigeon]

Digos Massacre Remembered
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
by Mariz Quimpo

It is quite common these days to read from the newspapers violence being perpetrated by the communist New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) that most Filipinos no longer care as long they are not the poor victims. People have become so passive that when rebels committed atrocities to civilians, none would make a fuss about it or chastise the perpetrators -- except for the families of the victims and the authorities. None would take the initiative to launch a crusade to seek justice. This is also what happened 19 years ago today.
Very few would likely remember that on June 25, 1989, in a small village in Digos, Davao Del Sur, 39 people, many of them children, were mercilessly gunned-down by CPP-NPA rebels while they were attending a Sunday mass. Two of the victims, UCCP Pastor Ruben Ayap and his brother were beheaded. The motive: the village leaders refused to cooperate with the rebels. The CPP-NPA general command later admitted responsibility for the brutal killings and promised indemnification of the families of victims, which never happened.

The incident which became known as the “Digos Massacre,” captured the national attention back then. The entire country was enraged by the carnage. However, none have taken the matter too seriously except the government. Even the UCCP, later on, in an ironic twist, gravitated towards the left who perpetrated the killings of its flock. It even placed the blame on the government. Eventually, the incident slowly faded in the people’s memory. There was no justice attained.

Now, after nearly two decades since the Digos incident, the CPP-NPA continue to perpetrate atrocities without remorse, especially now that they are operating more and more like a criminal gang (or, rather, several dozen separate gangs united by ideology and tactics). Aside from killing civilians opposed to them, they have also ventured into numerous criminal activities like extortion, robbery, raids, etc in order to get the money to buy needed supplies and provide for the families of the leadership. Sadly, even up to now, the people remained passive of them.

When will the people take active role in condemning the CPP-NPA? Will it take another “Digos Massacre” for the people to act? The fight against the CPP-NPA is not solely the duty of the government. It is the duty of every freedom-loving Filipinos who abhor violence and value justice. If the people will not provide even vocal support, the effort to defeat the rebel-turned bandits will be futile. The Filipinos should not remain deaf and blind. This is the least they can do for the victims of the “Digos Massacre” and the numerous other victims of CPP-NPA cruelty. -- TNO

This artcile was wirtten in remembrance of the victims of the Digos Massacre . May their souls rest in peace.

Source: The National Observer

[Pigeon]

It's very sad. There's a lot of crazy shit going on in the Philippines. There are both communist extremists and Islamic extremists; Islamic terrorists cause most of the problems but communists committed this particular atrocity. I have relatives who have joined some of these groups...

[BobSaaget]

shit like this happens so much in the phillipines that it doesn't even surprise me. Kudos to Manny Pacquiao for being so successful despite his childhood and background

[Doctor Dave]

Just nuke the entire chain of islands and then laugh as the savages become radioactive dust.

[Pigeon]

Originally Posted by Doctor Dave ↗

Just nuke the entire chain of islands and then laugh as the savages become radioactive dust.

[jackcoloncancer]

[BuddhaFcuK]

Originally Posted by Doctor Dave ↗

Just nuke the entire chain of islands and then laugh as the savages become radioactive dust.

Yeahhh Nuke Em'.....WAIT!!!! I Live there
Dont do that...You JOEs will have no more SEX paradise.

[loserka]

Originally Posted by BuddhaFcuK ↗

Yeahhh Nuke Em'.....WAIT!!!! I Live there
Dont do that...You JOEs will have no more SEX paradise.

TAMA!!! hehehehe